Axios reporter lands top job at Teen Vogue

Alexi McCammond, a political reporter at Axios whose relationship with a White House aide was recently in the headlines, will be the next editor-inchief of Teen Vogue, Condé Nast announced Friday.

McCammond, 27, made her name covering the 2018 midterm elections and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign for Axios, a site known for its punchy Beltway coverage. She has also been a frequent contributor to NBC and MSNBC. In her new role, she will lead the Teen Vogue team across digital, video and social media. She starts March 24.

The appointment of McCammond to the top Teen Vogue job suggests that the publication, which stopped publishing regular print issues in 2017, will continue to be a venue for political reporting and commentary, in addition to its coverage of fashion, beauty and culture. Teen Vogue expanded its purview during the political rise of Donald Trump, winning plaudits for essays such as Lauren Duca’s “Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America” in 2016.

McCammond succeeds Lindsay Peoples Wagner, the editorin-chief of Teen Vogue since 2018, who in January was appointed to the top job at New York Magazine’s style website, the Cut.